Is Your Child Active Enough for Nikon's New Point-and-Shoot?

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Is Your Child Active Enough for Nikon's New Point-and-Shoot?

PMA buildup madness continues, with Nikon introducing six new Coolpix point-and-shoots, and there are some intriguing oddities among the bunch. For instance, the S600 (10 megapixels, 4x zoom, $300) has an "active child" shooting mode with autofocus tracking that supposedly can keep up even with the most hyper of tots. We foresee embarrassment and shame if the camera decides your darling doesn't qualify as "active."

All new models also have a "best shot selector" function, a kind of automated crap shoot that squeezes off a bunch of images and automatically picks the sharpest one. And several models include an enhanced "smile indicator" that not only recognizes smiling faces but rates the size of the smile on a scale of 1 to 5. Just the thing for terrorizing sullen teenagers and people who recognize how doomed we all are.